The people of Weymouth and Portland need a pay rise!

On the 27th October 2017 the Dorset Echo reported, “Weymouth and Portland has the lowest average weekly wages in the country, new statistics reveal. The rate is just £282.90 a week according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics. The average weekly pay for the area fell by a whopping 8.3 per cent last year. The average weekly wage in Weymouth and Portland is £25 below the next worst – Rother, near Sheffield.”

This would be less shocking if the borough was in a generally less well-off part of the UK. It isn’t – it sits in one of the most prosperous regions of the UK. Why is this?

As this site develops you will be able to read suggestions as to why Weymouth and Portland consistently come bottom of national health, wellbeing and welfare standards.

What you will also learn is how we at WeyPAW are going to get the people of Weymouth and Portland a pay rise!